Last additions - Rick Ericksen
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File_6-4.JPGJungle Shelter{UNKs} at the Palm Grove location.Sep 13, 2010
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File_6-5.JPGLanding on a clearingMuch better than most LZs.Sep 13, 2010
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File_5-5.JPGThe Palm GroveAnother job to do.Sep 13, 2010
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File_6-1.JPGA Soldier's GearSp4 Rick Ericksen lays it all out. You bring only what you can carry.Sep 13, 2010
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File_6-2.JPGOutdoor facilitiesWorks for me. Note carefully: I learned to hold the mirror between my knees.Sep 13, 2010
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File_5-3.JPGCombat TaxiEveryone got used to ducking under the rotors. This is the "palm grove" location where we stayed for a few days.
This is where Col Simko was killed when the pilot clipped a palm tree, lost his tail rotor and spun out of control, crashing to the ground.Sep 13, 2010
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File_5-4.JPGThe Palm GroveLoading up for another Combat Assault.Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-6.JPGOn PatrolAt left is one of our "Kit Carson" scouts. Name was "Sonn", I think.Sep 13, 2010
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File_5-1.JPGYa got me againA Gillette commercial? Yeah...me trying to shave.Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-2.JPGPuffing awayCigarettes were a way of life back then. FO Lt Joe Hannigan (foreground) plots our location. You must always know where you are in the jungle. Lt Hannigan was always on top of his game. You couldn't ask for a better FO and a nicer guy. {See next photo: RTO Mike Pskowski was identified in the summer of 2014 by his family who contacted the website.}Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-3.JPGYou Lead, We FollowMe on patrol. This sh** was thick and heavy; slow going.Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-5.JPGIn the rawFinally found a mountain to take a bath and a shave. That water was g ----- d COLD! "Hey, Mom, send this one to Playgirl magazine".Sep 13, 2010
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